Pesky transmit time out

[Stephen Host]

Ahh.. i didn't know they were doing letter-revisions on the versions of
tulip.c .. i have 0.91 not 0.91g ..

Time to remove all drivers and go module-only (where applicable) and
upgrade =)

Thanks again..




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Steve Host - Engineering Systems & Computing Student, University of Guelph
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On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Jason Thomas wrote:

> if this is a default redhat kernel, I suggest you get a newer kernel or get
> the same kerenel sources, and the tulip.c sources from the website. and
> compile a new kernel. Alot of people have been having similiar problems with
> the older tulip diver.
> 
> Stephen Host [shost@uoguelph.ca] wrote:
> > I run a Masq server for my housemates. It has been up for 56 days now but,
> > unfortunately, one of my netcards (the primary intranet card) has decided
> > to hang completely on me.  I noticed this 2 weeks ago, when my quake 3
> > server behing my firewall would stop recieving packets for about 3
> > seconds.
> > It turns out the tramit problem would  surface on this particular DEC
> > 21041 card and re-set itself.
> > Currently, it is re-setting consistantly and NOT allowing any packets
> > through this segment of my network. (thus the problem has worsened)
> > 
> > My hardware is:
> > 3 X D-link  w/Dec 21041 cards. Both the other cards are solid (seemingly)
> > as there are no errors associated with eth0/eth2 since last reboot.
> > 
> > Relevant software: Kernel 2.2.10, Tulip version 0.91, Redhat 5.X upgraded.
> > 
> > Here is some possible information that could be helpful..
> > 
> > eth1: 21041 transmit timed out, status fc260010, CSR12 000050c8, CSR13 ffffef09,
> >  CSR14 fffff7fd, resetting...
> > eth1: 21041 transmit timed out, status fc260010, CSR12 000000c8, CSR13 ffffef05,
> >  CSR14 ffffff3f, resetting...
> > [toast-@darkwing toast]$                                                       
> > 
> > 
> > /sbin/ifconfig eth1
> > eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:C8:F6:EF:86
> >           inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:60480489 errors:679 dropped:0 overruns:0
> >           TX packets:0 errors:2140872330 dropped:75892738 overruns:29850
> >           Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6100                   
> > 
> > I'm aware that re-booting may be a solution but in the quest for a stable
> > server rebooting is not an option unless the very last issue =)
> > 
> > Further, since only one card is affected, it seems this could be a
> > hardware issue, but i'd like to nail down a software issue first..
> > 
> > Thanks for your help!
> > 
> > 
> > 
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